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Discovery and preclinical profile of LX-039, a novel indole-based oral selective estrogen receptor degrader (SERD)

  • Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2022 Jun 15;66:128734. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2022.128734.
Jianyu Lu 1 Chi-Chung Chan 2 Deheng Sun 2 Guoping Hu 2 Huijun He 1 Jian Li 2 Jiaqiang Dong 3 Kai Liu 3 Liang Shen 2 Lihong Hu 1 Qingyang Gu 2 Shuhui Chen 2 Tielin Wang 3 Ting Gong 3 Wei Tang 3 Xiaoting Li 1 Xiaotong Zhu 3 Xu Zeng 1 Yingjie Zhu 2 Yuanfeng Xia 2 Yuanyuan Huang 2 Yusong Zhu 2 Zhenteng Liu 3 Charles Z Ding 4
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 WuXi AppTec, 666 Gaoxin Road, East Lake High-tech Development Zone, Wuhan 430075, China.
  • 2 WuXi AppTec, 288 Fute Zhong Road, Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone, Shanghai 200131, China.
  • 3 Luoxin Pharmaceutical (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Building 1 and 1st-3rd Floors, Building 2, No.85 Faladi Road, China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone, Shanghai 201210, China.
  • 4 WuXi AppTec, 288 Fute Zhong Road, Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone, Shanghai 200131, China. Electronic address: charles_ding@wuxiapptec.com.
Abstract

We previously described the discovery of a novel indole series compounds as oral SERD for ER positive breast Cancer treatment. Further SAR exploration focusing on substitutions on indole moiety of compound 12 led to the discovery of a clinical candidate LX-039. We report herein its profound anti-tumor activity, desirable ER antagonistic characteristics combined with favorable pharmacokinetic and preliminary safety properties. LX-039 is currently in clinical trial (NCT04097756).

Keywords

Estrogen receptor; Indole; SERD.

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